• Pat Flood (@rebarcock) passed away 9/21/25. Pat played a huge role in encouraging the devolopmemt of this site and donated the very first dollar to get it started. Check the thread at the top of the board for the obituary and please feel free to pay your respects there. I am going to get all the content from that thread over to his family so they can see how many people really cared for Pat outside of what they ever knew. Pat loved to tell stories and always wanted everyone else to tell stories. I think a great way we can honor Pat is to tell a story in his thread (also pinned at the top of the board).

WTI oil surges past $82 on global energy crisis, hitting 7y high.

I bought a good chunk of XOM and EOG at the end of March of last year. I doubt I’ll ever make a better trade in my life. I’ve got a 10%+ dividend yield on my XOM based on my original investment

Budgets for '22 should be released soon.

Most of the producers are practicing restraint to keep from flooding the market again. The service side can't find workers.

We are thinking 100/bbl by March.
 
Budgets for '22 should be released soon.

Most of the producers are practicing restraint to keep from flooding the market again. The service side can't find workers.

We are thinking 100/bbl by March.
Just like every other industry - can’t find workers.

I guess that’s both good and bad for you right? Long hours but good $$$
 
Lulz at gas prices in San Diego

FBaMsZBUYAU3Qmk
 
Just like every other industry - can’t find workers.

I guess that’s both good and bad for you right? Long hours but good $$$

It is only going to get worse. CDL licenses. Back in the day the tests consisted of walking the truck, kicking the tires and taking it for spin around the block. Now, it is naming all the parts on the entire thing, a backing skills section, and a drive through rush hr.

Congress also decided to help by mandating that in order to take the test you have to go to an accredited school for 4 weeks/$5k. Companies are also no longer to have in house schools. Really going to hit hard as the oil & gas industry can't do shit w/o semi trucks. The industry has a natural high turnover rate due to 14hr days and extensive travel. Now they won't be able to train their new workers.

I have no doubts that all industries are experiencing some kind of bs.
 
It is only going to get worse. CDL licenses. Back in the day the tests consisted of walking the truck, kicking the tires and taking it for spin around the block. Now, it is naming all the parts on the entire thing, a backing skills section, and a drive through rush hr.

Congress also decided to help by mandating that in order to take the test you have to go to an accredited school for 4 weeks/$5k. Companies are also no longer to have in house schools. Really going to hit hard as the oil & gas industry can't do shit w/o semi trucks. The industry has a natural high turnover rate due to 14hr days and extensive travel. Now they won't be able to train their new workers.

I have no doubts that all industries are experiencing some kind of bs.

I bet alot of politicians' pockets were lined with kickbacks from truck driving schools, amongst others, with all those bullshit regulations.
 
It is only going to get worse. CDL licenses. Back in the day the tests consisted of walking the truck, kicking the tires and taking it for spin around the block. Now, it is naming all the parts on the entire thing, a backing skills section, and a drive through rush hr.

Congress also decided to help by mandating that in order to take the test you have to go to an accredited school for 4 weeks/$5k. Companies are also no longer to have in house schools. Really going to hit hard as the oil & gas industry can't do shit w/o semi trucks. The industry has a natural high turnover rate due to 14hr days and extensive travel. Now they won't be able to train their new workers.

I have no doubts that all industries are experiencing some kind of bs.
Don’t worry, we will just have self driving semis. They will be fine
 
Politicians can't be trusted to vote their own minds on most any subject. Term limits is the only thing that will stop these idiots from coming in as paupers and amassing millions in wealth. The money they are handed for or against a particular bill is astounding. It comes in many forms and the folks in charge simply look the other way,
 
Politicians can't be trusted to vote their own minds on most any subject. Term limits is the only thing that will stop these idiots from coming in as paupers and amassing millions in wealth. The money they are handed for or against a particular bill is astounding. It comes in many forms and the folks in charge simply look the other way,

We need to have Marjory Taylor Greene slip in term limits in the fine print in one of the 2600 page bills. They never read them until afterwards anyways.
 

Donate 2025

Current cycle
$0.00
Total amount
$620.00

Latest posts

Back
Top Bottom